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WISCONSIN v. ILLINOIS

No. 5, original.

289 U.S. 395 (1933)

53 S.Ct. 671

77 L.Ed. 1283

WISCONSIN ET AL. v. ILLINOIS ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 22, 1933.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Raymond T. Jackson, with whom Messrs. J.E. Finnegan, Attorney General of Wisconsin, Patrick H. O'Brien, Attorney General of Michigan, Harry H. Peterson, Attorney General of Minnesota, John W. Bricker, Attorney General of Ohio, Gerald K. O'Brien, Deputy Attorney General of Michigan, Joseph G. Hirschberg, Deputy Attorney General of Wisconsin, Herman L. Ekern, Special Assistant Attorney General of Wisconsin, and Herbert H. Naujoks, Assistant Attorney General of Wisconsin, were on the brief, for complainants.

Mr. Cornelius Lynde, Special Assistant Attorney General of Illinois, with whom Messrs. Otto Kerner, Attorney General, and Truman A. Snell, Assistant Attorney General, were on the brief, for the State of Illinois, defendant.

Messrs. Joseph B. Fleming and William Rothmann, with whom Messrs. James Hamilton Lewis, Joseph H. Pleck, Frank Johnston, Jr., and Lawrence J. Fenlon were on the brief, for the Sanitary District of Chicago, defendant.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the Court.

In October, 1932, complainant States, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ohio and Michigan, applied for the appointment of a commissioner or special officer to execute the decree of April 21, 1930 (281 U.S. 696) on behalf and at the expense of defendants. The applicants complained of the delay in the construction of the works and facilities embraced in the program of the Sanitary District of Chicago for the treatment...

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